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词汇 creodont
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Definition of creodont in English:

creodont

noun ˈkriːədɒntˈkrēəˌdänt
  • A fossil carnivorous mammal of the early Tertiary period, ancestral to modern carnivores.

    (第三纪早期的)肉齿类动物

    Order Creodonta: several families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The brain of the creodonts was generally of relatively small size and their intelligence presumably low.
    • New adaptive breakthroughs and evolutionary radiations also are apparent from such morphospace analysis, such as the reoccupation of creodont niches by nimravids, canids, and felids.
    • Read about marsupials and creodonts who also grew ‘long in the tooth’.
    • The slow clumsy creodonts, well adapted to the jungle thickets, were replaced by the swift intelligent cat and dog type carnivora as the dominant predators.
    • In creodont carnivores, such as Hemipsalodon studied here, upper molars have carnassial blades as well.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Creodonta (plural), from Greek kreas 'flesh' + odous, odont- 'tooth'.

Definition of creodont in US English:

creodont

nounˈkrēəˌdänt
  • An extinct carnivorous mammal of the early Tertiary period, ancestral to modern carnivores.

    (第三纪早期的)肉齿类动物

    Order Creodonta: several families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Read about marsupials and creodonts who also grew ‘long in the tooth’.
    • In creodont carnivores, such as Hemipsalodon studied here, upper molars have carnassial blades as well.
    • New adaptive breakthroughs and evolutionary radiations also are apparent from such morphospace analysis, such as the reoccupation of creodont niches by nimravids, canids, and felids.
    • The brain of the creodonts was generally of relatively small size and their intelligence presumably low.
    • The slow clumsy creodonts, well adapted to the jungle thickets, were replaced by the swift intelligent cat and dog type carnivora as the dominant predators.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Creodonta (plural), from Greek kreas ‘flesh’ + odous, odont- ‘tooth’.

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